Procrastinating

Seeing as how Freddy Currently resides in Japan, perhaps it is appropriate to write a bit about putting things off. As it turns out, Japanese are some of the best procrastinators in the world. Just check out this article in Slate.com. Anyhow, sometimes Freddy has times when there is actually little to do other than procrastinate and he has found a new way to do that. The answer is Yahoo! Answers. Now Freddy things the whole concept of Yahoo! Answers is rather silly. Freddy was/is not all that impressed with Wikipedia, and Freddy thinks that Answers is likely even more dangerous. Freddy even thinks he remembers reading something about this in Slate.com. Anyhow, for those who are smart enough to not take the Answers community too seriously, it can provide some fairly enjoyable time wasting. Freddy thinks the average age at the Answers community must be around 12. At least based on the answers given and quesitons asked. Freddy would include the bad grammar used in the questions and answers given, but Freddy has spent time working in a high school and is aware that these days, bad grammar does not necessarily indicate any particular age, sadly.

Looking for T-shirt ideas, Freddy found an interesting stereotype about learners of a few European languages. Freddy posted a question asking for funny words in German, French and Spanish. Interestingly, the German words given to Freddy were often long words, having to do with philosophy, history, music and so on. Nearly 70% of the Spanish and French answers were curse words, or insults. Freddy needs to say no more. Still, Freddy is pleased to offer German, Spanish, Latin and Japanese inspired T-shirts at his Cafepress shop. As soon as he finds suitable French, he will add French designs.

In the meantime, Freddy will continue to provide stupid answers to stupid questions in the Yahoo! Answers community. Look for Freddy and become his fan.